Francis Ford
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From Wikipedia Francis Ford (born Francis Feeney, August 14, 1881 – September 5, 1953) was a prolific film actor, writer, and director. He was the mentor and elder brother of film director John Ford. He also appeared in many of John Ford's movies, including Young Mr. Lincoln and The Quiet Man. Francis Ford was born in Portland, Maine. He was the son of John A. Feeney, who was born in the village of Spiddal, County Galway, Ireland in 1854. By 1878, John had moved to Portland, Maine and opened a saloon, at 42 Center Street, that used a false front to pose as grocery store. John opened four others in following years. After service in the infantry in the Spanish-American War, Francis left home. He drifted into the film business in New York City, working for David Horsley, Al Christie, and the Star Film Company's San Antonio operation under Gaston Méliès. He adopted the name Ford from the automobile. From San Antonio Francis began his Hollywood career working for Thomas H. Ince at Ince's Bison studio, directing and appearing in westerns. Francis Ford's younger brother, John M. Feeney, was a successful fullback and defensive tackle on a Portland High state championship football team, nicknamed "Bull". In 1914 Bull followed Francis to Hollywood, changed his name to John Ford and would eventually surpass his elder brother's considerable reputation. Francis Ford's son, Philip Ford, was also a film actor/director.
Known for
Credits
Frankenstein (1931)
as Hans (uncredited)
The Quiet Man (1952)
as Dan Tobin
3 Godfathers (1948)
as Drunk (uncredited)
Fort Apache (1948)
as Fen - Stage Guard (uncredited)
Stagecoach (1939)
as Sgt. Billy Pickett (uncredited)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
as Migrant (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
as Veteran (uncredited)
Unconquered (1947)
as Frontiersman on Fort Pitt Roof (uncredited)
My Darling Clementine (1946)
as Dad - Old Soldier (uncredited)
A Star Is Born (1937)
as William Gregory (uncredited)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
as Connelly - Fort Stark Suttlers Barman (uncredited)
Abraham Lincoln (1930)
as Sheridan's Aide (uncredited)
The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
as Alva 'Dad' Hardwicke (uncredited)
Driftwood (1947)
as Abner Green
Wagon Master (1950)
as Mr. Peachtree
Incendiary Blonde (1945)
as Ranch Owner (uncredited)
Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
as Joe Boleo
Western Union (1941)
as Eastbound Stagecoach Driver
The Mummy's Tomb (1942)
as Townsman (uncredited)
Gunfighters (1947)
as Cook (uncredited)
The Informer (1935)
as 'Judge' Flynn
Possessed (1931)
as Drunken Husband (uncredited)
Tobacco Road (1941)
Actor
In Old Chicago (1938)
as Driver
Sister Kenny (1946)
as Patrick O'Shea (uncredited)
The Desperadoes (1943)
as Hank
Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
as Sam Boone (uncredited)
The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
as Corporal O'Toole
The Front Page (1931)
as Carl - Detective (uncredited)
The Princess and the Pirate (1944)
as Drunken Pirate (uncredited)
Steamboat Round the Bend (1935)
as Efe
Three Faces West (1940)
as Farmer Bill, with Higgins
Mannequin (1938)
as Tim O'Rourke (Uncredited)
A Free Soul (1931)
as Skid Row Drunk (uncredited)
Geronimo (1939)
as Scout
The Last Train from Madrid (1937)
as Pedro Elias (uncredited)
The Sun Shines Bright (1953)
as Feeney
The Climax (1944)
as Backstage Attendant (Uncredited)
Checkers (1937)
as Daniel Snodgrass
Officer '444' (1926)
as Fire Chief
Roman Scandals (1933)
as Roman Citizen (uncredited)
Air Mail (1932)
as Passenger Who'll Die on a Train (uncredited)
The Black Watch (1929)
as MacGregor (uncredited)
California (1947)
as Jessie (uncredited)
Slave Ship (1937)
as Scraps
Toughest Man in Arizona (1952)
Actor
The Chinatown Mystery (1928)
as The Sphinx
Action (1921)
as Soda Water Manning
Judge Priest (1934)
as Juror No. 12
Riders of the Purple Sage (1941)
as Inebriated Courtroom Spectator
Pilgrimage (1933)
as Mayor Elmer Briggs
In the Fall of '64 (1914)
as Capt. Ford - the Southern Officer
Hangover Square (1945)
as Ogilby - Fulham Antique Dealer (uncredited)
Seas Beneath (1931)
as Eric - Captain of Trawler (uncredited)
Goin' to Town (1935)
as Sheriff
Ridin' Thunder (1925)
as Frank Douglas
The World Moves On (1934)
as Legionaire in Trench
Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927)
as Captain (uncredited)
The Living Bible (1952)
as Samaritan Leper
Thundering Hoofs (1922)
as Daddy Bill / 'Colonel' Bill
Paddy O'Day (1936)
as Immigration Officer Tom McGuire
Eyes of Texas (1948)
as Thad Cameron
The Rider of Death Valley (1932)
as Gabe
Little Miss Nobody (1936)
as Detective
The Plough and the Stars (1936)
as Old Man (uncredited)
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe (1942)
as Tavern Keeper
The Plunderers (1948)
as Barnaby
Murder, He Says (1945)
as Lee - Old Townsman (uncredited)
The Wreck of the Hesperus (1927)
as John Hazzard
Sins of Man (1936)
as Town Drunk
Charlie Chan's Secret (1936)
as Captain of salvage ship
Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936)
as John Gaines
The Texans (1938)
as Uncle Dud
King of the Mounties (1942)
as Zeke Collins (Ch. 4)
Doctor Bull (1933)
as Mr. Herring
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin' (1948)
as Race Checker / Fisherman (uncredited)
Murder in Trinidad (1934)
as Davenant
The Girl of the Golden West (1938)
as Miner
The Impatient Maiden (1932)
as Insane Asylum Warden (uncredited)
High Tide (1947)
as Pop Garrow
Wake Up and Dream (1946)
as Old Man at Counter
Lucky Cisco Kid (1940)
as Court Clerk
Educating Father (1936)
as Sheriff Hart
Charlie Chan's Courage (1934)
as Hewitt
The Arizonian (1935)
as Mayor Ed Comstock
Mom and Dad (1945)
as Dr. Rubin
Bad Lands (1939)
as Charlie Garth
Hearts of Oak (1924)
Actor
Smoky (1933)
as Horse Buyer
Viva Cisco Kid (1940)
as Proprietor
The White Gorilla (1945)
as Mr. Stacey
A Study in Scarlet (1914)
as Sherlock Holmes
Sons of the Saddle (1930)
as 'Red' Slade
Washington at Valley Forge (1914)
as The Spy
Wildfire (1945)
as Ezra Mills
The Measure of a Man (1924)
as 'Pale' Peter
The Trail of '98 (1928)
as Gold Commissioner's Assistant (uncredited)
The Leap (1917)
Actor
Heroes of the West (1932)
as Cavalry Captain
The Invaders (1912)
as Colonel James Bryson
Scandal for Sale (1932)
as Belmont Hotel Desk Clerk
South of Pago Pago (1940)
as Foster
Home in Indiana (1944)
as Ed - Seated Opposite J.T. in Bar (uncredited)
Last of the Duanes (1941)
as Luke Stevens
Song of the Caballero (1930)
as Don Pedro Madero
Outlaws of Pine Ridge (1942)
as Bartender
The Far Frontier (1948)
as Alf Sharper
The Fighting Heart (1925)
as Town Fool
San Antone Ambush (1949)
as Major Farnsworth
Gordon of Ghost City (1933)
as Jim Carmody
Kentucky Moonshine (1938)
as Grandpa Hatfield
The Timber Trail (1948)
as Ralph Baker
The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1942)
as Caretaker
Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery (1914)
as Hugo Loubeque
Uncle Jim (1910)
Actor
The Indians Are Coming (1930)
as George Woods / Tom Woods
Battling with Buffalo Bill (1931)
as Jim Rodney
The Bandit's Wager (1916)
as Nan's Brother / The Bandit
The Sign of the Cactus (1925)
as Panhandle George
The Heart of Maryland (1927)
as Jefferson Davis
The Village Blacksmith (1922)
as Asa Martin
The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring (1916)
as Dr. Lund, Junior
The Silent Mystery (1918)
as Phil Kelly
The Man from Monterey (1933)
as Don Pablo Gonzales
Speed Cop (1926)
as The Silk Thief
Soft Shoes (1925)
as Quig Mundy
This Is the Life (1935)
as Sticky Jones
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (1933)
as Captain Hallett
The Broken Coin (1915)
as Count Frederick
College Queen (1946)
as Pop, The Janitor
The Cruise of the Hellion (1927)
as Peg-leg
Clancy of the Mounted (1933)
as Inspector Cabot
Sleepers East (1934)
as Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
His Majesty Dick Turpin (1916)
as Prince Frederick aka Dick Turpin
Upstream (1927)
as Juggler
Destry Rides Again (1932)
as Judd Ogden
Mister Antonio (1929)
as Bit Role (uncredited)
The Mystery Of 13 (1919)
as Phil Kelly / Jim Kelly
Frontier Investigator (1949)
as Ed Garnett
Lash of the Whip (1924)
as 'Hurricane' Smith
The Vault of Mystery (1917)
Actor
Gentle Julia (1936)
as Tubbs, Fish Peddler
Diamond Frontier (1940)
as Derek Bluje
A Mountain Wife (1910)
as Her Husband, a Moonshiner
Accomplice (1946)
as King Connors
Tangled Fortunes (1932)
as Matt Higgins
Mine to Keep (1923)
as Jack Deering
The Boss of Camp 4 (1922)
as Dude McCormick
Men of Daring (1927)
as Black Roger
Life in the Raw (1933)
as Sheriff Myles
Kathleen Mavourneen (1930)
as James, the butler
Cowboys and Bachelor Girls (1910)
as The Cowboy Hero
Pirate Treasure (1934)
as Dick's Friend at the Airfield
The Purple Mask (1916)
as Phil Kelly/The Sphinx
Brennon o' the Moor (1916)
as Willy Brennon
Taming the West (1925)
as Frosty Miller
Bandits of Dark Canyon (1947)
as Horse Trader
The Mounted Stranger (1930)
as 'Spider' Coy
The Silent Trailer (1926)
as Mrs. Coleman's Physician
A Roaring Adventure (1925)
as Colonel Burns
The Princely Bandit (1916)
as Prince Frederick
The Lady from Longacre (1921)
as Count de Freitas
Rim of the Wheel (1951)
as Mr. Dickerson
The Branded Sombrero (1928)
as Link Jarvis
The Deserter (1912)
as The Deserter
Billy's Sister (1910)
as Billy
Paris in Spring (1935)
as Drunken Peasant
The Padre's Secret (1910)
as Baptiste
In the Tall Grass Country (1910)
as Bob
The Lost Special (1932)
as Botter Hood
Only a Sister (1911)
as John
Return of Ta-Wa-Wa (1910)
as Ta-Wa-Wa
The Spring Round-Up (1911)
as Jim Dempsey
Who Was the Other Man? (1917)
as James Walbert / Ludwig Schumann
Baseball, That's All (1910)
as The Husband
The Craving (1918)
as Carroll Wayles
The Devil's Saddle (1927)
as Pete Hepburn
The Snake in the Grass (1911)
as Texas Ed
The Red Rider (1925)
as Brown Bear
Screen Snapshots Series 1, Number 16 (1920)
as The Director / Self
The Little Preacher (1910)
as Joe Lane
The Ablaze in Mid-Air (1917)
as Phil Kelly/The Sphinx
The Post Telegrapher (1912)
as Bob Evans - the Post Telegrapher
The Romance of Circle Ranch (1910)
as Honest Jim
Romance of the Rio Grande (1941)
as Stagecoach Driver
The Paleface Princess (1910)
as Captain Keen
The Black Masks (1913)
as Fred Francis - a Crook
The Immortal Alamo (1911)
as Navarre
When Lincoln Paid (1913)
Actor
The Fortune Favors the Brave (1908)
Actor
Her Spoiled Boy (1911)
Actor
The Seal of the Church (1910)
Actor
The Warrant for Red Rube (1911)
as Red Rube
War on the Plains (1912)
as Drake, a Treacherous Prospector
The Ball Player and the Bandit (1912)
as A Baseball Fan
Sir Percy and the Punchers (1911)
as Sir Percy Granville
The Lariat Kid (1929)
as Cal Gregg
The Outcast (1912)
as Evans, a Trapper
Mary's Stratagem (1911)
as Bill
John Ermine of the Yellowstone (1917)
as John Ermine
In the Hot Lands (1911)
as The County Doctor
Speed Versus Death (1910)
as Mr. Braggs
On Secret Service (1912)
as Abraham Lincoln
Berlin Via America (1918)
as Phil Kelly
I Am the Woman (1921)
Actor
A Texas Joke (1910)
Actor
The Jade Box (1930)
as Martin Morgan
The Battle of Bull Run (1913)
as Abraham Lincoln
The Four-Footed Ranger (1928)
as Brom Hockley
Behind the Mask (1916)
as Prince Frederick aka Dick Turpin
The Campbells Are Coming (1915)
Actor
The Demon of the Sky (1917)
as Phil Kelly/The Sphinx
A Rough Night on the Bridge (1910)
Actor
In Time for Press (1911)
as Jim Ford
Custer's Last Fight (1912)
as General George A. Custer
The Reformation of Jack Robins (1911)
as Jack Robbins
The Heart of an Indian (1912)
as The Indian chief
The Owner of L.L. Ranch (1911)
as Jeff
Billy and His Pal (1911)
as Jim - the Cowpuncher
Jack Mason's Last Deal (1911)
as Jim Saunders
Her Faithful Heart (1911)
as Bill Rank
Bessie's Ride (1911)
as John Burton
The Golden Secret (1910)
as Will Brown
A Western Welcome (1910)
as John
Cyclone Pete's Matrimony (1910)
as Cyclone Pete
The Stampede (1921)
as Robert Wagner
One Glorious Scrap (1927)
as Ralph Curtis
Three Jumps Ahead (1923)
as Ben McLean
The Phantom Violin (1914)
Actor
The Unexpected (1916)
as The Mexican Foreman
The Heart of Lincoln (1915)
as Abraham Lincoln
When the Tables Turned (1911)
as Cowboy
Life in Hollywood No. 1 (1927)
as Self
The Kiss of Mary Jane (1911)
as Black Bill
His Sergeant's Stripes (1910)
as The Corporal
A Western Girl (1911)
as Hartley
The Newly Born (1910)
as Mr. Newlywed
Salt on the Bird's Tail (1910)
Actor
White Doe's Lovers (1910)
as The Cowboy
Pals (1910)
as Denton
Branding a Thief (1910)
Actor
Sisters of Eve (1928)
as Pritchard
The Crimson Scars (1911)
Actor
The Madcap Queen of Crona (1916)
as Prince Frederick
The Great Reward (1921)
as The American Adventurer
The Redemption of Rawhide (1911)
as Reverend Simpson
Haunted Valley (1923)
as Sharkey
A Plucky American Girl (1910)
Actor
Blazing the Trail (1912)
as Blake
Won in the Fifth (1910)
as Young Minister
The Lieutenant's Last Fight (1912)
as Colonel Garvin
In the Mission Shadows (1910)
Actor
An Unwilling Cowboy (1911)
as Jim Edwards
The Cry of Erin (1916)
as Shemus O'Brien
The Ruling Passion (1910)
as Tony Valero
Mister Vampire (1916)
as The Vampire Man
A Postal Substitute (1910)
as Jack Flynn
The Purple Domino (1917)
as Hugo Loubeque
In the Right of Way (1911)
as John Walsh
Love's C.Q.D. (1910)
as Lt. Robert Bright
Out for Mischief (1910)
as The Father